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Caw! Caw! Or The Chronicle of Crows, A Tale of the Spring-time
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January 10, 2025I liked the first part of the book which is the poem about the crows (albeit sad). The second one though is a scary example how (even though it might've been intended to be black humour) stories full of cruelty and racism could be published (as a book for children as well which is simply sick - I'm pretty shocked to be honest).
October 6, 2022
Published in 1870.
This is a collection of poetry geared towards children, with wonderful lessons in morals, with tales of crows and their interactions between themselves and farmers. This concludes the first half of this book.
In the second half, there are more moral stories: Shock-Headed Peter, The Story of Cruel Frederick, and my favorite, The Story of the Inky Boys. There are more poem-stories, too.
The illustrations are quite pretty and colorful, and in that form, they make the poems come alive and dance on the pages.
When I picked up the Kindle version of this book, I despised the formatting and lack of illustrations, which gave me a bad attitude on the poetry therein. When I finished reading, my thought was, “What in Heavens name is this?” It is funny how, that when I found the original illustrated version on Gutenberg Project, my thoughts on this book changed for the better, and therefore, I am giving Caw! Caw! Or The Chronicle of Crows, A Tale of the Spring-time my full three stars.
🟣Kindle version.
🟤 Gutenberg Project.
This is a collection of poetry geared towards children, with wonderful lessons in morals, with tales of crows and their interactions between themselves and farmers. This concludes the first half of this book.
In the second half, there are more moral stories: Shock-Headed Peter, The Story of Cruel Frederick, and my favorite, The Story of the Inky Boys. There are more poem-stories, too.
The illustrations are quite pretty and colorful, and in that form, they make the poems come alive and dance on the pages.
When I picked up the Kindle version of this book, I despised the formatting and lack of illustrations, which gave me a bad attitude on the poetry therein. When I finished reading, my thought was, “What in Heavens name is this?” It is funny how, that when I found the original illustrated version on Gutenberg Project, my thoughts on this book changed for the better, and therefore, I am giving Caw! Caw! Or The Chronicle of Crows, A Tale of the Spring-time my full three stars.
🟣Kindle version.
🟤 Gutenberg Project.
November 16, 2014
I love exploring art & literature from the 1800s.
Besides the first story relating to crows and the circle of life, this book includes a few other stories for children, mostly with simplistic and boring morales. I found it interesting to see what type of educational tools and scare tactics were used in those years, but I can't recommend this book to anyone.
Besides the first story relating to crows and the circle of life, this book includes a few other stories for children, mostly with simplistic and boring morales. I found it interesting to see what type of educational tools and scare tactics were used in those years, but I can't recommend this book to anyone.
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